Crocodile News

Sydney -
Australia's top official on indigenous issues on Tuesday said crocodile safaris should be used to help fund impoverished Aboriginal communities, but the prospect of big game hunters was downplayed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

An overweight 100-year-old crocodile in south-western Bangladesh has died from overfeeding caused by eating too many chickens and goats that were thrown to it by worshippers believing they would get good luck.

Samut Prakan -
On a recent Friday at Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo, a 65-year-old woman slipped off her shoes, clambered over a balustrade and plunged into a pit of hundreds of crocodiles. As workers rushed to distract the reptiles, the woman swam toward them.

Playa Del Carmen -
A man is very lucky to be alive after swimming off the coast in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. It seems he didn't realize that a massive crocodile lives under the bridge, just where he was swimming, and it started to chase after him.

Darwin -
A man is believed to have been killed by a crocodile while swimming in a river in Australia's Northern Territory during a birthday party. According to conflicting reports, he was either 26 or 24-years-old.

A Thai animal trainer, Pravit Suebmee, got off lightly, with only minor injuries, after a crocodile snapped its mouth shut on his head while he performed a dangerous stunt at a popular tourist crocodile farm and zoo in Thailand.

Davao -
‘Lolong,’ holder of the Guinness World Record for the largest captive saltwater crocodile that died last February 10, will get his second ‘home’ in a museum presently constructed by the town that hosted him when he was still alive.

A video that shows a crocodile leaping off a rock at a Swedish tourist in Australia has gone viral. The tourist was swimming in water when the crocodile leaped from a rock and landed on top of him in the water.

Gaza -
"Rock" the croc eluded his captors for two years after escaping from a Gaza Strip zoo, spending his time terrorising local residents who feared it would eat them. Now Gaza police have finally recaptured the escapee crocodile.

Bulgarian customs officials in Sofia announced on March 12, 2012 that they had seized several suitcases of live exotic rare animals. The alleged trafficker, a Bulgarian citizen, was traveling via bus from the Czech Republic when his luggage was seized.

This saltwater crocodile, over 15 feet long, was causing problems in an area about 150 miles southwest of Darwin. The saltwater crocodile was captured in a billabong near a river reserve. It was well known for intimidating locals, especially children, preventing them from crossing a road to get to school.

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An obese 100 year old crocodile died in Bangladesh after being overfed sacrifices of chickens and goats